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ANATOMY OF THE GROIN : HERNIA, 



These structures are invested by special fasciae, which by their connection together 

 subdivide the space into three chief compartments. 



The vascular compartment (lacuna vasorum), situated in front of the others, is 

 bounded anteriorly by Poupart's ligament and the continuation of the transversalis 

 fascia into the front of the femoral sheath, with its thickening termed the deep femoral 



zous NERVE 



AKIt. CRURAL NERVE 

 lUAC FASCIA 



/ ILTAC 



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/ CRURAL BRANCH OF GENlTO-CRURALNERtfH 



AKTtRY 

 FEfflOBAL VErN 



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' , Cll>l SCR WAT'S LIGAMENT 

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Fig. 27. DISSECTION OP THE PARTS BENEATH POUPART'S LIGAMENT. 2. ((j. D. T.) 



The femoral vessels, which are seen enclosed in the femoral sheath, have been divided close below 

 Poupart's ligament. The fasciae forming the back of the sheath, and the subjacent muscles have been 

 divided at successively lower levels. * indicates the ilio-pectineal intermuscular septum attached to 

 the capsule of the hip-joint along the inner part of its anterior surface. 



arch (fig. 23) ; posteriorly by the continuous iliac and pectineal fascias. It allows of 

 the passage into the thigh of the external iliac vessels and the crural branch of the 

 genito-crural nerve, the vein being to the inner side, and the nerve to the outer side 

 of the artery, while between the vein and Gimbernat's ligament is the interval known 

 as the femoral ring. The iliac compartment (lacuna musculorum), the largest of 



